Most of North Light Plant commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in North Light Plant; the top destination outside it is Farmington (37%, 11 miles). 8 jobs are based in North Light Plant, and 256 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 40 minutes getting to work on average, where New Mexico has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in North Light Plant
North Light Plant is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in North Light Plant, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday North Light Plant has about 330 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
North Light Plant and Farmington trade workers both ways
Farmington is the top workplace for North Light Plant residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in North Light Plant come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
North Light Plant workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 24 across New Mexico. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 256 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
North Light Plant on a workday afternoon
On a workday 256 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in North Light Plant on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ North Light Plant’s residents
Where North Light Plant clocks in
37% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
North Light Plant’s commute takes about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Light Plant workers work from home, vs 12% across New Mexico. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across New Mexico: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What North Light Plant’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Light Plant, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Light Plant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far North Light Plant’s workers travel
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in North Light Plant: questions
What is the poverty rate in North Light Plant?
61.8%, against 17.8% across New Mexico and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Light Plant?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across New Mexico and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Light Plant work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (37%, 11 mi), Aztec (8%, 5 mi), Lee Acres (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around North Light Plant without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Light Plant, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Light Plant
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.